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Home My WebLink AboutList of AcronymsAADT AAL AASHTO ACHP ADA ADAAG ADHS ADT AMSL ANSI AP APE ARPA ASA ASMIS AST ASTM AT ATB I ATC BA BBD BLM BMP BMT BMTA CAA CAAA CAI R CASTNet CCC CEQ CERCLA CERCLIS CFR CO CRSM CWA DAT dBA DBE DED DEIS DEM DLIA DO DOI DOT EA EBCI ECR EDR EFLHD EIS EJ List of Acronyms annual average daily traffic Acceptable Ambient Levels American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines Appalachian Development Highway System average daily (2-way, 24-hour) traffic above mean sea level American National Standard Institute acid-producing rock area of potential effect Archaeological Resources Protection Act Acoustical Society of America Archeological Sites Management Information System aboveground storage tank American Society for Testing and Materials Appalachian National Scenic Trail All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Appalachian Trail Conference Biological Assessment beech bark disease Bureau of Land Management best management practice(s) Benton MacKaye Trail Benton MacKaye Trail Association Clean Air Act Clean Air Act Amendments Clean Air Interstate Rule Clean Air Status and Trends Network Civilian Conservation Corps Council on Environmental Quality Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability List code of federal regulations carbon monoxide Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science Clean Water Act Deposition Analysis Thresholds decibel (A-weighted scale) disadvantaged business enterprise Dutch elm disease Draft Environmental Impact Statement digital elevation model Discover Life in America Director's Order Department of the Interior Department of Transportation Environmental Assessment Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Existing Conditions Report Environmental Data Resources, Inc. 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Mountains Association Great Smoky Mountains National Park, also referred to as "the Park" Great Smoky Mountains Railroad hectare hazardous air pollutants hemlock woolly adelgid International Classification of Ecological Communities International Council on Monuments and Sites International Conference on Wildlife Ecology and Transportation impact analysis for planning Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments inch Illinois Natural History Survey Invasive Species Specialist Group Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21 st Century Institute for Transportation Engineers kilometer kilometer per hour least environmentally damaging practicable alternative sound equivalents level of service long-range transportation plan leaking underground storage tank Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 meter maximum achievable control technology Migratory Bird Treaty Act Master Comment Summary Database Mercury Deposition Network milligrams per liter micrograms per liter milligrams per cubic meter micrograms per cubic meter millimeter Memorandum of Agreement miles per hour mechanically stabilized earth mean sea level Mountains to Sea Trail Acronyms — A-2 North Shore Road Final Environmental Impact Statement NAAQS NAC NADP NAGPRA NCBI NCCGIA NCDAQ NCDEH NCDENR NCDOA NCDOT NCDFR NCDLR NCDWQ NCNHP NCOSA NCTSI NCWRC NEPA NESHAP NFIP NHI NHL NHPA NHS NOA NOI NOX NORMs NPDES NPL NPS NRCS NRHP NRI NTI NTMB NTP NTU NWI 03 O&M OAHP ORNL ORWs OSHA oz PA Pb PE PIP PM Ppm PSD PUC QA/QC RCRA national ambient air quality standards noise abatement criteria National Atmospheric Deposition Program Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act North Carolina Biotic Index North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis North Carolina Division of Air Quality North Carolina Department of Environmental Health North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources North Carolina Department of Administration North Carolina Department of Transportation North Carolina Division of Forest Resources North Carolina Division of Land Resources North Carolina Division of Water Quality North Carolina Natural Heritage Program North Carolina Office of State Archaeology North Carolina Trophic State Index North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission National Environmental Policy Act National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants National Flood Insurance Program National Highway Institute National Historic Landmark National Historic Preservation Act National Highway System Notice of Availability Notice of Intent oxide of nitrogen Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials National Pollution Discharge Elimination System National Priorities List National Park Service Natural Resources Conservation Service National Register of Historic Places Nationwide Rivers Inventory National Transit Institute Neotropical Migratory Bird Notice to Proceed Nephelometric Turbidity Units National Wetlands Inventory ozone operations and maintenance Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Oak Ridge National Laboratories Outstanding Resource Waters Occupational, Safety and Health Association ounce Programmatic Agreement (Cultural Resources) lead professional engineer public involvement plan particulate matter parts per million by volume prevention of significant deterioration Public Utilities Commission quality assurance/quality control Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Acronyms — A-3 North Shore Road Final Environmental Impact Statement RCRIS Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System ROD Record of Decision ROE right-of-entry ROW right-of-way RR railroad SAMI Southern Appalachian Mountains initiative SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 SEAC Southeast Archaeological Center sec second SHPO State Historic Preservation Office SIP State Implementation Plan SNHA Significant Natural Heritage Areas SOD sudden oak death SOF Statement of Findings SOX dioxide of sulfur sq ft square feet SR significantly rare SRO Southeast Regional Office STAMINA standard method of noise analysis STIP Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan SWMP Storm Water Management Plan t metric tonnes T/E threatened and/or endangered species TCM transportation control measure TCP Traditional Cultural Property TDOT Tennessee Department of Transportation TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21 st Century THPO Tribal Historic Preservation Office TIP Transportation Improvement Plan TNC The Nature Conservancy TN-EPPC Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council TPY tons per year tpy tonnes per year TSM Transportation System Management TSP total suspended particulate TTST tractor-trailers and semi-trailers TVA Tennessee Valley Authority TVPPA Tennessee Valley Public Power Association, Inc. UATMP Urban Air Toxics Monitoring Program UKB United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers USASI United States of America Standards Institute USC United States Code USCG United States Coast Guard USDA United States Department of Agriculture USDOT United States Department of Transportation (sometimes DOT) USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency USFS United States Forest Service USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service USGS United States Geological Survey UST underground storage tank VCP variable circular plots VOC volatile organic compounds VPD vehicles per day WPP Wellhead Protection Program YTD year to date Acronyms — A-4 North Shore Road Final Environmental Impact Statement